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Restaurant racket.

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  • #32
    Boxoffrogs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 458 ✭✭Boxoffrogs


    reprazant wrote: »
    I find this country funny. Having lived in France & Spain, I think it is interesting that both those countries have absolutely no problem with kids. Mainly because they know that at some stage, they will have their kids out as well.

    Here, people moan and get think it is fine if mothers and their children thrown off buses. You would swear that they were never kids themselves and hadn't done the same when they were young.

    We have become a country full of selfish cnuts who think of nobody but themselves. I have no problem with kids crying because I know that at some stage, I hope that I will have kids and won't have to end my social life until they become stroppy teenagers.

    Also, 25 quid for a mean is not posh. It is the average price of an early bird. Unless you think that restaurant are posh to begin with.

    Ditto the Italians, their children are everything to them. I've talked to quite a few who think that our attitude to children generally is awful.
    And you know, I have to agree. If our children are kicking a ball around, it's a nuisance to the neighbours, if they dress in a certain way, they are seen as scumbags, if they pal around in any number, they are seen as intimidating, if they make noise of any sort while out in a restaurant, they are viewed as a nuisance.
    I loved the Ireland I grew up in, but I feel so desperately sorry for the children growing up in today's Ireland.

    Get a grip OP, you wore nappies once too!!


  • #33
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,194 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Well then, those parents are idiots......





    They should keep the deaf ear on....



    ..out of respect for those around them......




    Is my point any clearer when I put huge gaps in my posts?





    It's





    quite







    annoying. :P


  • #34
    reprazant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭reprazant


    Diddler1977 wrote: »
    But we don't just go to restaurants to eat. We go to restaurants to talk to our dinner companions, to relax, to socialise, etc.

    So, if you went out on a day trip with your family, and on the way home decided to stop off somewhere to get something to eat, since you had been out for the whole say. Just as your dinner was served, your child started to cry and wouldn't stop.

    What do you do?

    Just pay for your untouched dinners and leave?


  • #35
    bad2dabone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,333 ✭✭✭bad2dabone


    I have to say i'd be stressed out if my kid was screaming crying in a place like a Restaurant or Cinema and i'd just pay up and leave. It's not the same as the bus thing, where the parent may not have a choice and needs to use public transport. It's rude to inflict the screaming on the other patrons.


  • #36
    thebullkf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭thebullkf


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Well then, those parents are idiots......





    They should keep the deaf ear on....



    ..out of respect for those around them......




    Is my point any clearer when I put huge gaps in my posts?



    methinks








    there's


















    huge





    gaps








    between







    your







    ears









    :rolleyes:


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  • #37
    reprazant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭reprazant


    I remember as a kid running amoke in a restaurant with my brothers. There were lots of other kids doing the same as well. Its what happened because people had kids then and knew what kids were like.

    The place was Blakes in Stillorgan if anyone ever went to it.

    Great place that. It had a help yourself desert trolley. Good times.


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You should have put the baby in the microwave.

    Problem solved.


  • #39
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    I like babies in restaurants....
    but, I'd never finish a full one...:D


  • #40
    mkahnisbent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 163 ✭✭mkahnisbent


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    It was a fairly posh restaurant so it was about 25/30 euro per head. Quite expensive you would agree.

    Not sure if that's sarcasm, but €25 - €30 per head is a cheap restaurant. Definitely not posh or expensive.


  • #41
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,194 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    I like babies in restaurants....
    but, I'd never finish a full one...:D

    Keep the baby quiet or everyone will want one!


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  • #42
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mkahnisbent wrote: »
    Not sure if that's sarcasm, but €25 - €30 per head is a cheap restaurant. Definitely not posh or expensive.

    Not these days !


  • #43
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    thebullkf wrote: »
    methinks








    there's


















    huge





    gaps








    between







    your







    ears









    :rolleyes:
    I think I'm going to cry


  • #44
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    reprazant wrote: »
    I find this country funny. Having lived in France & Spain, I think it is interesting that both those countries have absolutely no problem with kids. Mainly because they know that at some stage, they will have their kids out as well.

    Here, people moan and get think it is fine if mothers and their children thrown off buses. You would swear that they were never kids themselves and hadn't done the same when they were young.

    We have become a country full of selfish cnuts who think of nobody but themselves. I have no problem with kids crying because I know that at some stage, I hope that I will have kids and won't have to end my social life until they become stroppy teenagers.

    Also, 25 quid for a mean is not posh. It is the average price of an early bird. Unless you think that restaurant are posh to begin with.

    Do me a favour & try not to drag this thread off topic by referencing other threads for the purpose of making me out to be some sort of monster ok. Go over to that thread & rant of you want.

    More info; It was 7.00 at night. We left about an hour later. No none of us asked for a refund or money off, it was a birthday celebration & therefore nobody wanted the hassle.

    Im not saying it was the end of the world but it was very very annoying.

    Heres my view. If your child is screaminmg next to you & generally ruining other peoples restaurant experience, do fcuking something about it, try to entertain the child, lift the child, do something to help settle the little guy.

    Don't just continue stuffing your face & yapping away to your friend & basically ignoring the problem even when you know perfectly well the racket is bothering everyone else.

    I'l repeat this again, im not blaming the child, im blaming the parent for not giving a fcuk about anyone else around her/him.


  • #45
    Diddler1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,765 ✭✭✭Diddler1977


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    Do me a favour & try not to drag this thread off topic by referencing other threads for the purpose of making me out to be some sort of monster ok. Go over to that thread & rant of you want.

    More info; It was 7.00 at night. We left about an hour later. No none of us asked for a refund or money off, it was a birthday celebration & therefore nobody wanted the hassle.

    Im not saying it was the end of the world but it was very very annoying.

    Heres my view. If your child is screaminmg next to you & generally ruining other peoples restaurant experience, do fcuking something about it, try to entertain the child, lift the child, do something to help settle the little guy.

    Don't just continue stuffing your face & yapping away to your friend & basically ignoring the problem even when you know perfectly well the racket is bothering everyone else.

    I'l repeat this again, im not blaming the child, im blaming the parent for not giving a fcuk about anyone else around her/him.

    The people with the baby didn't care about your experience.

    SELFO's!


  • #46
    thebullkf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭thebullkf


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    Do me a favour & try not to drag this thread off topic by referencing other threads for the purpose of making me out to be some sort of monster ok. Go over to that thread & rant of you want.

    More info; It was 7.00 at night. We left about an hour later. No none of us asked for a refund or money off, it was a birthday celebration & therefore nobody wanted the hassle.

    Im not saying it was the end of the world but it was very very annoying.

    Heres my view. If your child is screaminmg next to you & generally ruining other peoples restaurant experience, do fcuking something about it, try to entertain the child, lift the child, do something to help settle the little guy.

    Don't just continue stuffing your face & yapping away to your friend & basically ignoring the problem even when you know perfectly well the racket is bothering everyone else.

    I'l repeat this again, im not blaming the child, im blaming the parent for not giving a fcuk about anyone else around her/him.



    go out later.



    and HTFU!


  • #47
    [Deleted User]
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    Did you try hitting her?


  • #48
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    Do me a favour & try not to drag this thread off topic by referencing other threads for the purpose of making me out to be some sort of monster ok. Go over to that thread & rant of you want.

    More info; It was 7.00 at night. We left about an hour later. No none of us asked for a refund or money off, it was a birthday celebration & therefore nobody wanted the hassle.

    Im not saying it was the end of the world but it was very very annoying.

    Heres my view. If your child is screaminmg next to you & generally ruining other peoples restaurant experience, do fcuking something about it, try to entertain the child, lift the child, do something to help settle the little guy.

    Don't just continue stuffing your face & yapping away to your friend & basically ignoring the problem even when you know perfectly well the racket is bothering everyone else.

    I'l repeat this again, im not blaming the child, im blaming the parent for not giving a fcuk about anyone else around her/him.

    Have you any kids?


  • #49
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Have you any kids?
    Why do people keep asking this question? Why does it matter?


  • #50
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Have you any kids?

    Nope. Whats that got to do with it?

    Do you have kids?


  • #51
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    Nope. Whats that got to do with it?

    Do you have kids?

    I thought so. You might have a different perspective when you have some that's all.


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  • #52
    Kiwi_knock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    thebullkf wrote: »
    ....what do you do on hols???
    Normally I crack open the window in my apartment and leave my 4 year old to look after the twins. Gone good so far can not wait for the family holiday to Portugal.


  • #53
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    I thought so. You might have a different perspective when you have some that's all.
    Why assume that he/she will have some?

    Believe it or not, some of us don't want to spawn mini satans, we're quite happy as we are and would prefer a little peace and quiet when we go out for a meal.


  • #54
    Lux23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Have you any kids?

    Any sensible person does not bring a baby to a restaurant at 7pm. I can understand that staying at home with a baby all day can be stressful but bringing that baby to a restaurant and eating a meal when it screams its head off is by no means a good experience for anyone including the mother and her companion. I don't mind kids running around and having a laugh as long as its safe but listening to them scream is one of my pet hates.


  • #55
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    Slightly off topic,I went into a Indian all you can eat for £6.99 buffet in Manchester

    Everything was fine till about 100 Indian people arrived to celebrate a wedding in the place

    Turned into a full blown Bollywood film type dinner,with dancers,music and rose petals thrown about

    Suppose they were cute enough to have the dinner in a all you can eat place :D


  • #56
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,194 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    I refer to bollockos legendary post

    Being a parent does not give you any special rights nor does it make your statements automatically right about children and their behaviour. If you can't control your child, or get him to shut up, don't ruin it for the rest of us.

    I have babysat my niece before, because my sister knows she will not be quiet in a restaurant.


  • #57
    thebullkf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭thebullkf


    IvySlayer wrote: »
    I refer to bollockos legendary post

    Being a parent does not give you any special rights nor does it make your statements automatically right about children and their behaviour. If you can't control your child, or get him to shut up, don't ruin it for the rest of us.

    I have babysat my niece before, because my sister knows she will not be quiet in a restaurant.




    Lucky sister.




    what of people who don't have babysitters???


  • #58
    thebullkf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭thebullkf


    Lux23 wrote: »
    Any sensible person does not bring a baby to a restaurant at 7pm. I can understand that staying at home with a baby all day can be stressful but bringing that baby to a restaurant and eating a meal when it screams its head off is by no means a good experience for anyone including the mother and her companion. I don't mind kids running around and having a laugh as long as its safe but listening to them scream is one of my pet hates.




    garbage.


  • #59
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    I thought so. You might have a different perspective when you have some that's all.

    Utter bollox, i knew that was coming.

    I have family members that have kids who were at this dinner & they were just as annoyed as me.

    Come up with some sort of coherent argument & not the old ah sure you'll understand when you have kids yarn.

    If i had kids would i automatically achieve a zen-like state of acceptance of these situations?:rolleyes:


  • #60
    thebullkf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭thebullkf


    Kiwi_knock wrote: »
    Normally I crack open the window in my apartment and leave my 4 year old to look after the twins. Gone good so far can not wait for the family holiday to Portugal.


    not funny.:rolleyes:


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  • #61
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,194 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    thebullkf wrote: »
    Lucky sister.




    what of people who don't have babysitters???

    Grandparents? Friends? Neighbours? Sleepovers?


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